Harvest Monday - 28th Sept 2015

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I’m almost (almost, I said) embarrassed to report the harvest of more tomatoes…

Yes, they are mostly green, but I am confident that most of them will ripen OK indoors.

We have made loads of tomato sauce for the freezer, but we have also made lots of dishes with fresh tomatoes. My little garden seldom produces a glut of anything, so it is quite nice to have “more than enough” of something for a change. I have even grieved only slightly over the fact that I have had to throw away a few blight-infected tomatoes.

I picked two more cucumbers. Again, not much to look at, but very nice when peeled.

The Spring Onions have done surprisingly well, and I pulled another dozen or so this week:

Those ones went into a Chinese meal that Jane made, along with some fabulous fresh young walnuts that she brought back from France. She watched them being shelled on the market in Ferney Voltaire (France). They were lovely and juicy, quite unlike the dry old things we normally have to put up with.

I have finally picked a significant quantity of ripe chillis this week. Bringing the plants indoors certainly turned out to be the right decision. The ones seen in this next photo were from the outdoor plants though.

These are mostly ones from the indoor plants. The bright yellow ones are “Aji Limon” and the pale greenish-yellow ones are “Blondie”, while the black ones are “Calico”. The red ones are a mix of “Cayenne”, “Ring of Fire”, “Indian Chilli Bullet” and “Caribbean Antillais”.

Another small batch of Raspberries, and even one or two late-maturing Blueberries…

This is my contribution to Harvest Monday, hosted by Daphne’s Dandelions. Please visit her blog to see what other people have been harvesting this week.

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